North Dakota legislation · 69th Legislative Assembly
North Dakota HB1284: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-52.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public employee fertility preservation health benefits; to provide for a report to the legislative assembly; to provide for application; and to provide an expiration date.
Status: Failed, February 13, 2025
Relating to public employee fertility preservation health benefits; to provide for a report to the legislative assembly; to provide for application; and to provide an expiration date.
What the bill says
A bill for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-52.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public employee fertility preservation health benefits; to provide for a report to the legislative assembly; to provide for application; and to provide an expiration date.
From the engrossed text, February 13, 2025:
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-52.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to public employee fertility preservation health benefits; to provide for a report to the legislative assembly; to provide for application; and to provide an expiration date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 54-52.1 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and enacted as follows: Health insurance benefits coverage - Fertility preservation health care . 1. As used in this section: a. "Medically necessary" means a health care service or a product provided in a manner: (1) Consistent with the findings and recommendations of a licensed physician, based on a patient's medical history, sexual and reproductive history, age, partner, physical findings, or diagnostic testing; (2) Consistent with generally accepted standards of medical practice as established by a professional medical organization with a specialization in any aspect of reproductive health, including the American society for reproductive medicine or the American society of clinical oncology; or (3) Clinically appropriate in terms of type, frequency, extent, site, and duration. b. "Standard fertility preservation services" means services, procedures, testing, medications, treatments, cryopreservation of eggs, sperm, embryos, and products consistent with established best medical practices or professional guidelines including those published by …